Fifth Year
Chapter Seven: Discovered Feelings, Hurt, and Jealousy
A/N: Hi everyone! Thank you so much for your great reviews, hehe! Also, I'm sorry it took so long to post chapter six, I went on a vacation for a few days and wasn't able to write. Anyway, I need your feedback on whether I should make a few sparks happen between Ginny and Harry, or if I should just continue with G/D. Please tell me in your reviews or E-mail me at sugarpop1488@hotmail.com. Thanks so much! Enjoy this next chapter.
Warning: This chapter is PG-13 for some content.
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to J.K. Rowling.
Harry was watching Ginny and Draco closely as they kissed. He couldn't believe how touchy they were with eachother. He wasn't sure as to what he should do. It looked as though they had sure gotten comfortable with eachother over the few months that they'd been here, and Harry was surprised that he felt a ping of jealousy in the pit of his stomach. He knew that it was wrong of him to watch, but he couldn't help himself. He was way too drawn in now. 'Should I tell Ron or leave it be?' He thought.
Draco's hand was just past Ginny's thigh now and was starting to slip up Ginny's robes. Ginny did nothing to make Draco stop. She moaned louder as his hand slid from her hip up. She began to breathe heavier as he fondled her gently but slowly began to get rough. She was about to slide her hand down his pants when someone shouted, "What the hell do you think you're doing?!"
Ginny and Draco immediately stopped in shockness, as they were unaware that anyone was watching. Ginny looked up, expecting to see her brother there, but instead saw Collin Creevey. Harry had instantly hidden behind a bush and had not been seen, but could hear everything.
"What are you doing with her, Draco?!" Collin asked angrily.
Draco was speechless. He didn't know what to say.
"Have you been watching us the entire time?!" Ginny asked.
"No! I just came outside to get some fresh air and I came across you two! Did he pressure you into doing that with you, Ginny?"
"No Collin! We have been dating for several months!" Ginny shouted in anger, but then cupped her mouth when she realized that she had just spilled her secret.
Collin was completely surprised. That was not the answer he'd expected. Ginny's gaze hit the floor as Draco stared at Collin in fury. He was mad because of his rude interruption. Ginny was not mad, but rather worried. 'Will Collin tell anyone? Will he ever speak to me again because I didn't tell him?' Ginny thought.
Collin shook his head and angrily walked back into the ball.
Ginny looked up at Draco.
"I'm sorry I told him," She said.
"Actually, Ginny, you shouldn't be sorry. I think it's time we tell people what's been going on with us. We can't keep it a secret forever,"
Ginny looked down at her lap.
"I guess you're right,"
Draco smiled and took Ginny's hand. They went back into the ball and sat down at their table where they talked for the rest of the night. Harry was still outside and was a little shocked at what Ginny had just said. 'Draco and Ginny have been dating for several months?' He thought.
'Ron's going to have a fit...'
When he saw that Ginny and Draco had gone back in, he peeked his head inside to make sure that they weren't looking, and sauntered into the ball to sit down next to Ron and Hermione who seemed very comfortable with eachother. Hermione's hand was in Ron's lap and his arm was around her.
"Am I interrupting something?" Harry asked, chuckling.
Ron looked up at him and could see that his face was a bit flushed.
"Not at all," He said, smiling.
Hermione was a bit upset at this and took her hand off of his lap. Ron gave her a quizzical look but she turned away, avoiding eye contact. Instead she looked up at Harry and she could tell that he had something on his mind. Ron thought nothing of it, shrugged, and turned around to talk to Harry.
"So, where have you been? It's been nearly half an hour,"
"Oh...I went outside to get some air," He said.
'Well, it's partly true...'
"I'm going to go and get some drinks. You want anything?" Ron asked.
"No thanks, I'll just stay here,"
Ron nodded his head, stood up, and walked away. When Hermione saw that he was gone, she immediately scooted over into his chair and said, "Harry, what is it? I saw the look on your face when you came over to us,"
Harry looked at her and thought about whether he should tell her or not. He decided he would, since she was one of his best friends and he knew that he could trust her.
"Well...I saw Ginny and Draco go outside, so I followed. I know it's wrong, but I couldn't help myself. And when I saw what they were doing..."
Hermione cut him off.
"I know, Harry. I know about those too as well. I sort of...ran into them when I went out to the quidditch field to get some studying done,"
Harry nodded his head.
"Do you think we should say anything to Ron?"
"No," Hermione said quickly.
Harry looked at her again.
"Are you angry with him?"
"No, it's not that...it's just that...well, he's sort of been ignoring me lately. Like I don't mean anything to him,"
"Trust me, Hermione, you mean a lot to him. You're one of his best friends!"
"I know, but Harry...I sort of like your brother. I just want to know if he likes me,"
"Do you want me to ask?"
"Could you?"
Harry smiled at her.
"Sure,"
"Thanks Harry. You're the best,"
She smiled at him and patted him on the back.
"Oh, and Harry? Please don't tell your brother I like him yet!"
"You know I wont,"
She grinned at him again and turned away. Harry sighed and rested his elbow on the table.
Collin was sitting down, alone. He was so angry he could hardly control himself. 'Why didn't Ginny tell me?' He thought.
'I thought I was her best friend...and of all people, Draco Malfoy?'
He tried to calm himself down by drinking some pumpkin juice. He sighed. It had been one interesting night...
~*~
Ginny awoke with a headache. She had been worrying the entire night about what she should say to Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Collin.
"Well...see...Draco and I have been going out for a few months," She said aloud to herself, trying to sound bold.
She smacked herself on the forehead.
'This is never going to work!' She thought.
She got up, dressed herself, and made her way down to the Great Hall. She spotted Collin who was looking quite upset still. She decided to give it a go and sat down next to him. He didn't move at all. In fact, she wasn't sure if he even knew she was there.
"Hi," She said nervously.
He didn't respond or acknowledge that she had said hi.
"Look, I know you're angry with me because I didn't tell you about Draco, but I couldn't. I didn't tell anyone, so you're not the only one!"
He shot his head up.
"Ginny, I'm sorry that I have to say this to you, but I shouldn't be measured up with everyone else! I'm your best friend for christ sakes! You know that you can tell me anything and if you didn't want me to tell, you know I would've kept a promise!"
Ginny didn't know what to say.
"Look...again, I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I just wanted to keep it to myself for a while if you can understand that,"
He glared at her in such a way that it made her feel as if every inch of her body was being stabbed.
"Yeah, well, I don't understand it," He said to her, and then got up and walked away.
Ginny had tears welled up in her eyes. She couldn't bare losing her best friend. She didn't want to cry in front of everyone, so she got up from her seat and ran out of the Great Hall to the girl's bathroom. She began to sob extremely hard. "Somebody having a bad day?" A voice said.
"Leave me alone, Myrtle," Ginny said in between sobs.
Myrtle chuckled and floated back into her stall, purposely laughing loudly enough so that Ginny would hear her. Ginny cried even harder. She stayed in there for hours, her crying not ceasing a bit. Finally Hermione walked in and tried to comfort her.
"Ginny, you've been in here for hours. What's bothering you?"
Ginny didn't think twice about telling her this time. She told her everything. She told her how she had been dating Draco for a while and how she hadn't told anyone, how upset Collin was that she didn't tell him, and that she was worried about what her brother's reaction would be.
"I don't understand why Collin's so mad at you for that," Hermione said.
"I think it's because I've always told him everything and that I've never hid anything from him,"
"I see,"
They stood there in silence with the exception of Ginny's sniffles every few seconds.
"Okay, Ginny. Let's go. It's time to leave this awful bathroom," Hermione chuckled.
Ginny smiled and stood up. As they walked out, they could hear Myrtle saying, "What's so awful about this bathroom?"
~*~
Harry lay on his bed, trying to get some rest as he hadn't gotten much sleep the night before. No matter how hard he tried, he could not stop thinking about Ginny. After hours of trying to solve his problems, he decided he would talk to her later that day.
Ginny sat in the common room, waiting for Ron and Hermione to come and join them. Harry was already there, and was sitting directly across from Ginny, making her slightly uncomfortable. There was an awkward silence until Ron came in and sat down, followed by Hermione. Ginny took a deep breath.
"Okay, the reason why I'm here is because I want to fill you guys in on what's been going on with me over the past few months," She said.
Ron nodded his head.
"I am going to be very brief with you. Draco and I have been seeing eachother,"
Ron's face began to turn deep red but Ginny said, "Ron, you're going to have to live with it. I'm sorry. He hasn't done anything to hurt me and I don't think he ever will,"
"Why didn't you ever tell me this," He managed to spit out in fury.
"Because I was afraid that you'd get mad at me and lose your temper again like you tend to do,"
Ron didn't have anything to say to this. He leaned back in his chair and sighed. Hermione and Harry exchanged looks as they had already known about this. Harry wondered if he should still attempt to talk to her later.
"I know you guys aren't crazy about Draco and I being together, but we really like eachother. He makes me really happy..." Ginny said, suddenly looking as if she were lost in space.
Hermione decided not to tell her that she had already known, as did Harry. They both just nodded their heads, not saying anything.
Ginny sighed.
"Well, that's all I had to say, so if no one else has anything to say, then I'm going to leave," She said.
Nobody except Harry responded to this.
"Ginny, do you think I could talk to you for a few minutes?"
Both Ron and Hermione looked up at him in curiosity. Harry blushed slightly.
"Okay, sure Harry,"
He smiled at her as she walked away through the portrait hole. Ginny was in a hurry to find Draco and tell him that she had told her friends, and was going to ask him if he had told his yet. She was walking really fast when she bumped into him on her way towards his common room. She was only hoping she'd ecounter him near there, since she didn't know the slytherin password.
"Hi," He said, not sounding as enthusiastic as he usually did.
"Hi, is something wrong?"
He pulled her over into one of the corners where nobody else was.
"Ginny...I really like you. But I think what we did last night at the ball was a little crazy. I think we're moving a little too fast, and I'm not sure if that's what you want,"
Ginny was a little taken aback.
"What do you mean you're not sure if that's what I want? Of course I do..."
Draco cut her off.
"I just think you're too young for that kind of stuff. I still want to see you, but let's take things a little bit slower, okay?"
Ginny was a bit disappointed at this, but then figured he was probably right.
'He really does care about me,' She thought.
"Okay," She smiled at him.
He smiled back and then headed towards his common room. Ginny walked back to hers too, but walked very slowly. She hoped Draco would still be willing to kiss her. She loved kissing him almost more than anything. 'Maybe not so much touching...' She thought.
She sighed and entered the portrait hole. She came across Harry who was sitting by himself. She smiled slightly at him and made her way to her dorm when he called her name.
"Ginny, can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Um...sure," She said.
She walked over and sat down by him. He said nothing for a while as he was trying to decide what he should say to her, whether he should tell her he liked her or just...talk with her.
"Harry, what is it?" She finally said.
"Well, Ginny, er...I sort of..."
"Yes?"
She hoped it wasn't what she thought it was.
"I sort of like you," Was all he could say. He felt incredibly stupid.
"Oh...umm...I'm sorry, I have to go," She said quickly. She stood up and practically ran to her dorm.
Harry smacked himself on the forehead and wondered if he should've said anything at all.
End of Chapter Seven
A/N: I am going back to school tomorrow, so I might not be able to write as fast :( Just wanted to make everyone aware!
Chapter Seven: Discovered Feelings, Hurt, and Jealousy
A/N: Hi everyone! Thank you so much for your great reviews, hehe! Also, I'm sorry it took so long to post chapter six, I went on a vacation for a few days and wasn't able to write. Anyway, I need your feedback on whether I should make a few sparks happen between Ginny and Harry, or if I should just continue with G/D. Please tell me in your reviews or E-mail me at sugarpop1488@hotmail.com. Thanks so much! Enjoy this next chapter.
Warning: This chapter is PG-13 for some content.
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to J.K. Rowling.
Harry was watching Ginny and Draco closely as they kissed. He couldn't believe how touchy they were with eachother. He wasn't sure as to what he should do. It looked as though they had sure gotten comfortable with eachother over the few months that they'd been here, and Harry was surprised that he felt a ping of jealousy in the pit of his stomach. He knew that it was wrong of him to watch, but he couldn't help himself. He was way too drawn in now. 'Should I tell Ron or leave it be?' He thought.
Draco's hand was just past Ginny's thigh now and was starting to slip up Ginny's robes. Ginny did nothing to make Draco stop. She moaned louder as his hand slid from her hip up. She began to breathe heavier as he fondled her gently but slowly began to get rough. She was about to slide her hand down his pants when someone shouted, "What the hell do you think you're doing?!"
Ginny and Draco immediately stopped in shockness, as they were unaware that anyone was watching. Ginny looked up, expecting to see her brother there, but instead saw Collin Creevey. Harry had instantly hidden behind a bush and had not been seen, but could hear everything.
"What are you doing with her, Draco?!" Collin asked angrily.
Draco was speechless. He didn't know what to say.
"Have you been watching us the entire time?!" Ginny asked.
"No! I just came outside to get some fresh air and I came across you two! Did he pressure you into doing that with you, Ginny?"
"No Collin! We have been dating for several months!" Ginny shouted in anger, but then cupped her mouth when she realized that she had just spilled her secret.
Collin was completely surprised. That was not the answer he'd expected. Ginny's gaze hit the floor as Draco stared at Collin in fury. He was mad because of his rude interruption. Ginny was not mad, but rather worried. 'Will Collin tell anyone? Will he ever speak to me again because I didn't tell him?' Ginny thought.
Collin shook his head and angrily walked back into the ball.
Ginny looked up at Draco.
"I'm sorry I told him," She said.
"Actually, Ginny, you shouldn't be sorry. I think it's time we tell people what's been going on with us. We can't keep it a secret forever,"
Ginny looked down at her lap.
"I guess you're right,"
Draco smiled and took Ginny's hand. They went back into the ball and sat down at their table where they talked for the rest of the night. Harry was still outside and was a little shocked at what Ginny had just said. 'Draco and Ginny have been dating for several months?' He thought.
'Ron's going to have a fit...'
When he saw that Ginny and Draco had gone back in, he peeked his head inside to make sure that they weren't looking, and sauntered into the ball to sit down next to Ron and Hermione who seemed very comfortable with eachother. Hermione's hand was in Ron's lap and his arm was around her.
"Am I interrupting something?" Harry asked, chuckling.
Ron looked up at him and could see that his face was a bit flushed.
"Not at all," He said, smiling.
Hermione was a bit upset at this and took her hand off of his lap. Ron gave her a quizzical look but she turned away, avoiding eye contact. Instead she looked up at Harry and she could tell that he had something on his mind. Ron thought nothing of it, shrugged, and turned around to talk to Harry.
"So, where have you been? It's been nearly half an hour,"
"Oh...I went outside to get some air," He said.
'Well, it's partly true...'
"I'm going to go and get some drinks. You want anything?" Ron asked.
"No thanks, I'll just stay here,"
Ron nodded his head, stood up, and walked away. When Hermione saw that he was gone, she immediately scooted over into his chair and said, "Harry, what is it? I saw the look on your face when you came over to us,"
Harry looked at her and thought about whether he should tell her or not. He decided he would, since she was one of his best friends and he knew that he could trust her.
"Well...I saw Ginny and Draco go outside, so I followed. I know it's wrong, but I couldn't help myself. And when I saw what they were doing..."
Hermione cut him off.
"I know, Harry. I know about those too as well. I sort of...ran into them when I went out to the quidditch field to get some studying done,"
Harry nodded his head.
"Do you think we should say anything to Ron?"
"No," Hermione said quickly.
Harry looked at her again.
"Are you angry with him?"
"No, it's not that...it's just that...well, he's sort of been ignoring me lately. Like I don't mean anything to him,"
"Trust me, Hermione, you mean a lot to him. You're one of his best friends!"
"I know, but Harry...I sort of like your brother. I just want to know if he likes me,"
"Do you want me to ask?"
"Could you?"
Harry smiled at her.
"Sure,"
"Thanks Harry. You're the best,"
She smiled at him and patted him on the back.
"Oh, and Harry? Please don't tell your brother I like him yet!"
"You know I wont,"
She grinned at him again and turned away. Harry sighed and rested his elbow on the table.
Collin was sitting down, alone. He was so angry he could hardly control himself. 'Why didn't Ginny tell me?' He thought.
'I thought I was her best friend...and of all people, Draco Malfoy?'
He tried to calm himself down by drinking some pumpkin juice. He sighed. It had been one interesting night...
~*~
Ginny awoke with a headache. She had been worrying the entire night about what she should say to Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Collin.
"Well...see...Draco and I have been going out for a few months," She said aloud to herself, trying to sound bold.
She smacked herself on the forehead.
'This is never going to work!' She thought.
She got up, dressed herself, and made her way down to the Great Hall. She spotted Collin who was looking quite upset still. She decided to give it a go and sat down next to him. He didn't move at all. In fact, she wasn't sure if he even knew she was there.
"Hi," She said nervously.
He didn't respond or acknowledge that she had said hi.
"Look, I know you're angry with me because I didn't tell you about Draco, but I couldn't. I didn't tell anyone, so you're not the only one!"
He shot his head up.
"Ginny, I'm sorry that I have to say this to you, but I shouldn't be measured up with everyone else! I'm your best friend for christ sakes! You know that you can tell me anything and if you didn't want me to tell, you know I would've kept a promise!"
Ginny didn't know what to say.
"Look...again, I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I just wanted to keep it to myself for a while if you can understand that,"
He glared at her in such a way that it made her feel as if every inch of her body was being stabbed.
"Yeah, well, I don't understand it," He said to her, and then got up and walked away.
Ginny had tears welled up in her eyes. She couldn't bare losing her best friend. She didn't want to cry in front of everyone, so she got up from her seat and ran out of the Great Hall to the girl's bathroom. She began to sob extremely hard. "Somebody having a bad day?" A voice said.
"Leave me alone, Myrtle," Ginny said in between sobs.
Myrtle chuckled and floated back into her stall, purposely laughing loudly enough so that Ginny would hear her. Ginny cried even harder. She stayed in there for hours, her crying not ceasing a bit. Finally Hermione walked in and tried to comfort her.
"Ginny, you've been in here for hours. What's bothering you?"
Ginny didn't think twice about telling her this time. She told her everything. She told her how she had been dating Draco for a while and how she hadn't told anyone, how upset Collin was that she didn't tell him, and that she was worried about what her brother's reaction would be.
"I don't understand why Collin's so mad at you for that," Hermione said.
"I think it's because I've always told him everything and that I've never hid anything from him,"
"I see,"
They stood there in silence with the exception of Ginny's sniffles every few seconds.
"Okay, Ginny. Let's go. It's time to leave this awful bathroom," Hermione chuckled.
Ginny smiled and stood up. As they walked out, they could hear Myrtle saying, "What's so awful about this bathroom?"
~*~
Harry lay on his bed, trying to get some rest as he hadn't gotten much sleep the night before. No matter how hard he tried, he could not stop thinking about Ginny. After hours of trying to solve his problems, he decided he would talk to her later that day.
Ginny sat in the common room, waiting for Ron and Hermione to come and join them. Harry was already there, and was sitting directly across from Ginny, making her slightly uncomfortable. There was an awkward silence until Ron came in and sat down, followed by Hermione. Ginny took a deep breath.
"Okay, the reason why I'm here is because I want to fill you guys in on what's been going on with me over the past few months," She said.
Ron nodded his head.
"I am going to be very brief with you. Draco and I have been seeing eachother,"
Ron's face began to turn deep red but Ginny said, "Ron, you're going to have to live with it. I'm sorry. He hasn't done anything to hurt me and I don't think he ever will,"
"Why didn't you ever tell me this," He managed to spit out in fury.
"Because I was afraid that you'd get mad at me and lose your temper again like you tend to do,"
Ron didn't have anything to say to this. He leaned back in his chair and sighed. Hermione and Harry exchanged looks as they had already known about this. Harry wondered if he should still attempt to talk to her later.
"I know you guys aren't crazy about Draco and I being together, but we really like eachother. He makes me really happy..." Ginny said, suddenly looking as if she were lost in space.
Hermione decided not to tell her that she had already known, as did Harry. They both just nodded their heads, not saying anything.
Ginny sighed.
"Well, that's all I had to say, so if no one else has anything to say, then I'm going to leave," She said.
Nobody except Harry responded to this.
"Ginny, do you think I could talk to you for a few minutes?"
Both Ron and Hermione looked up at him in curiosity. Harry blushed slightly.
"Okay, sure Harry,"
He smiled at her as she walked away through the portrait hole. Ginny was in a hurry to find Draco and tell him that she had told her friends, and was going to ask him if he had told his yet. She was walking really fast when she bumped into him on her way towards his common room. She was only hoping she'd ecounter him near there, since she didn't know the slytherin password.
"Hi," He said, not sounding as enthusiastic as he usually did.
"Hi, is something wrong?"
He pulled her over into one of the corners where nobody else was.
"Ginny...I really like you. But I think what we did last night at the ball was a little crazy. I think we're moving a little too fast, and I'm not sure if that's what you want,"
Ginny was a little taken aback.
"What do you mean you're not sure if that's what I want? Of course I do..."
Draco cut her off.
"I just think you're too young for that kind of stuff. I still want to see you, but let's take things a little bit slower, okay?"
Ginny was a bit disappointed at this, but then figured he was probably right.
'He really does care about me,' She thought.
"Okay," She smiled at him.
He smiled back and then headed towards his common room. Ginny walked back to hers too, but walked very slowly. She hoped Draco would still be willing to kiss her. She loved kissing him almost more than anything. 'Maybe not so much touching...' She thought.
She sighed and entered the portrait hole. She came across Harry who was sitting by himself. She smiled slightly at him and made her way to her dorm when he called her name.
"Ginny, can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Um...sure," She said.
She walked over and sat down by him. He said nothing for a while as he was trying to decide what he should say to her, whether he should tell her he liked her or just...talk with her.
"Harry, what is it?" She finally said.
"Well, Ginny, er...I sort of..."
"Yes?"
She hoped it wasn't what she thought it was.
"I sort of like you," Was all he could say. He felt incredibly stupid.
"Oh...umm...I'm sorry, I have to go," She said quickly. She stood up and practically ran to her dorm.
Harry smacked himself on the forehead and wondered if he should've said anything at all.
End of Chapter Seven
A/N: I am going back to school tomorrow, so I might not be able to write as fast :( Just wanted to make everyone aware!
